máscara

See also: mascara, Mascara, mascará, and màscara

Portuguese

máscara

Etymology

From Italian maschera (“mask, disguise”), from Medieval Latin masca, mascha, mascus (“mask, nightmare, ghost”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmaʃkɐɾɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaskaɾa/, /ˈmaʃkaɾa/

Noun

máscara f (plural máscaras)

  1. mask

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian maschera, possibly ultimately from Arabic مَسْخَرَة‎ (masḵara, “buffoon, fool, pleasantry, anything ridiculous”), from سَخِرَة‎ (saḵira, “to ridicule, to laugh at”). More details at English mask.

Noun

máscara f (plural máscaras)

  1. mask
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